New York Nonprofit Press is
hosting its first conference devoted to nonprofit human services
facilities management. It will be a half-day conference addressing such
issues as pest control, energy efficiency, fire safety, security and
disaster preparedness and management.

The
event is being co-sponsored by Baruch College School of Public Affairs,
Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management and Briscoe Protective
Systems Inc. Those in attendance will primarily be facilities managers
and will also include operations managers, CFOs, EDs and chief operating
officers; in short, anyone who manages fiscal plant assets for an
organization.

• Representative – NYS Energy Research and Development Agency (Invited);

9:30 – 9:40Awards Presentation:
Briscoe Protective Systems will honor Ken & Kim Hansen for their
advocacy efforts leading to passage of Amanda's Law, which requires the
installation of carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in all homes in NYS. The
law is named in honor of their daughter, Amanda Hanson, who died in 2009
from CO poisoning due to a faulty boiler while sleeping at a friend's
house. The Award is tentatively scheduled to be given by former NYC Fire
Department Commissioner Thomas Von Essen.

9:40 – 9:45 Launch of the New York Bulk Energy Procurement Initiative for Supportive and Affordable Housing, sponsored by Housing and Services Inc. and Bright Power, with support from the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation.

Workshop Panel Descriptions

Pest Control: How to Put Your Bed Bug Problems to Rest

A look at how two nonprofits developed an
agency-wide program – including both facilities management staff and
program services personnel such as case planners and clinicians – to
address the pervasive threat of bed bugs.

• Jennifer Benabe – Director of Facilities Management at Episcopal Social Services; and

• Sam Hartstein – Tristate Apartment Furnishers, Inc.

Energy Conversions – Oil to Gas

The panel will explore the potential
savings available to nonprofits through conversion from oil to natural
gas heating systems, including a case study of how Services for the
UnderServed (SUS) is utilizing a conversion and financing program
available through one energy services consultant.

A presentation on "lessons learned" from
Enterprise Community Partners' Learning Collaborative on Housing
Resiliency, a group of 12 local nonprofit organizations which were
severely impacted by SuperStorm Sandy.

A look at the latest in integrated
security systems being utilized by nonprofit facilities as well as a
discussion of remote facilities supervision systems being used to
provide added safety and oversight for individuals living with
disabilities in independent, non-staffed, residential programs.

The goal of NY Bulk Energy Procurement Initiative,
sponsored by Housing and Services Inc. and Bright Power with support
from the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation, is to join supportive and
affordable housing building owners together as a bulk purchasing pool to
negotiate the lowest gas and electric prices from NYS Energy Supply
Companies (ESCOs) - a budgetary tool that also reduces monthly utility
cost volatility.

• Mary Galbally – Housing & Services Inc.

• Bright Power, Inc.

Town Hall: A Facilities Issue Speak Out

A free form opportunities for nonprofit
facilities managers and other executives with responsibilities for
facilities issues raise issues, concerns, ideas and innovative solutions
with their colleagues.

Energy Efficiency Follow-Up Q & A

An opportunity for additional questions and further discussion on energy efficiency issues with our keynote panel.